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A Look Ahead with WPT’s Director of Programming

Happy New Year from the programming staff at Wisconsin Public Television! Now that we’ve had a little time off it’s back to the fun and frustration of putting together monthly schedules. Some months are fairly easy and some are real … Continue reading

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Dinosaurs!

Watch Dinosaur Night Wednesday, July 27 on Wisconsin Public Television starting at 8 p.m. with American Experience: Dinosaur Wars and followed by NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs at 9 p.m. I almost forgot how awesome dinosaurs are. I mean, who didn’t love … Continue reading

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Would You Get On the Bus?

Watch Freedom Riders: American Experience at 8 p.m. Monday, May 16 on Wisconsin Public Television. Fifty years ago, a group of college students bought bus tickets for a journey into the deep south. The journey of this group of brave … Continue reading

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The Great Famine

Watch American Experience: The Great Famine at 8:00 p.m. Monday, April 11 on Wisconsin Public Television. Considered one of the worst natural disasters in Europe, the Russian famine of 1921 is a prime example of the American tradition to help … Continue reading

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Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

Watch American Experience: Triangle Fire at 8:00 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28 on Wisconsin Public Television. I have always assumed that current workplace standards and policies were created over the years based on a combination of long-term realizations of necessity and … Continue reading

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